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Jail; 15 {1924. Re. 15,747 J A. WHERRY COLLATING DEVICE FOR TYPEWRITERS AND ADDING MACHINES Original Filed April 10, 1919 2 Sheets-Sheet l Jan. 15 1924. Re. 15,747 J. A. WHERRY COLLATING DEVICE FOR TYPEWRITERS AND ADDING MACHINES Original Filed April 10. 1919 2 Sheets-Sheet Reissued Jan. 15, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFEQED JOHN A. WHERRY, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, AESIGNOR T U'NDER'WQOD TYLPE- WRITER COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A' COB-PDRATI IN OF I ELAWARE.

COLLATING DEVIGE FOB- TYPEWRITER-S AND ADDING MACHINES Original No. 1,336,453, dated April 13, 1920, Serial No; 289,120, filed April it), 1919. Apptteatien for reissue filed June 4, 1921.

To all whom it may aoncern:

, Be it known that I, JOHN A. VVHERRY, a

tain new and usefi l Improvements in Collating Devices for Typewriters and Adding Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a .full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appen tains to malts and use the same.

This invention relates'to a collating device for typewriters and adding machines, and particularly to typewriting machines without the adding features, wherein 3 revoluble platen is used for ledger posting and statement work.

More particularly, the invention relates to machines, of the above character, in WhiCll there are provided sheeoholding clamps or CllQs at-ihe collating board, which are so shaped and' operated that they may lie between the sheets when holding the some, but

may be released therefrom without, as here tofore, being swung up or lifted out of the oollated body of sheets. and withoutinvoiw in; the objectionable. bending; up and freqnent tearing of the sheet edges involved in such former swinging: and lifting movements, and in which the clamp preferably are of thin, flat sheet-metal, so that, although they. int-erpose between the edges of the sheets, parallel to the board. the sheet edges lie substantially flat, one over theother; and the releasing'movement oi the clam s is a lifting of thesame just suflicient to re lets the pressure thereof-on the sheets, while maintaining the clamps in their parallel relation to the board and sheets. In such a machine. the clamps are preferably p0si tinned, one or more. on each side of the board, nd gages for the sides of the sheet are used as integral parts of the clamp-supports.

.for holding the clamps, independently of- The objects of the invention are to pro-- ride. in mechanism of the character men- Serial No. 475,121,

each other, in either released or effective position; means for releasing the clamps separately or simultaneously; and means for antomatically throwing one or more of the clamps to efi'ective position. Otherwise stated, the invention has for its objects mechanism to permit of convenient himdling and collation of the work-sheets, in that the operator need-be concerned with. but one clamp at a time as he successively plaoes the sheets, and, when the collation is complete and held. as lov the feed-rolls to the platen) may relegseall the clamps simultaneously, the clamps thereupon being held in released position without further attention-on the part of'the operator While the collation is lineied on the platen, and until the operation of again settin the clamps. one by one, at the next collation. In operation, with the clamps all released, held or locked in released position, the. proof-sheet, or other first sheet, 15 inserted under all such clamps as project into its field; and one of. these clamps is then depressed and locked down to hold that sheet. Another sheet is then positioned over the de 'iressed fist clamp, but under those ot' the remaining released clamps which pro-- ject into its field; is depressed and locked down to hold the second sheet. The clamps are thus successively brought into play, and, when the collation is complete 'ano. the collated sheets are held, as by application of the teed-rolls to the platen, the clamps are thrown preferably simultaneously to their releasing position, where they are locked, so as to permit sheets to be withdrawn lengthwise. as a unit from the interleaving clamps.

In a general sense, the object of the invention resides in the provision-of a collating, device on which the work-sheets may be assembled or collated and carried to the printmg position onthe typewriter or on'the adding' machine without disarrangement.-

Further objects will appear "as the description progresses and I, therefore, do not deem it necessary to point out those objects here in detail.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a. l'ront elevation of one em- I suitable fasteners 5.

bodiment of my device, showing the same in place on a portion of a typewriter-can riage;

-Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same;

Figure 3 is a rear elevation thereof; Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view; Figure 5 is a similarview, of a modified form; and

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the,

bracket for supporting one of the sheetalining and clamping devices.

The collating board 1 is formed of a single sheet of metal, from which integral front and rear supportin standards 2 and 3 extend. These standar s are struck from the same material from which the body of the board is formed. The standards 2 and 3 are secured to the inner carriage ends 4 by The ma ial of the standards 2 and B is preferably pliable so tbatthe angle of inclination of the body'of the board may be changed by merely changing the relative angles of the standards. In applying the board to the inner carriage ends in the manner described, it is not necessary to remove the paper-fingers, brackets and bracket-rod of the carriage as they ma be turned up before the board is mounted on the cover-plates, so as to rest, in back of the board itself. The paper-fingers. brackets and bracket-rod of the typewriter-carriage are not illustrated in the drawings, as they form no part of the invention. A pairof elongated brackets .6 are mounted on the front face of the board 1 and areadjustable transversely thereof. These brackets are held in their adjust-ed positions by suitable binding screws 7 which extend through slots 8 in the board 1. as clearly illustrated in the drawings.

clamping screws 7 tightened. These brackets 6.carry the movable sheet-clamps 9, their of the angular sheet-clamps 9, while. in the form illustrated in Figure 4 of the drawings. the slots which are designated by the refin-cnce character 12 extend diagonally. These sheet-clamps 9 are of angular form.

similar to those described in my Patent No.

1.320.593. dated November 4. 1919. and are provided with graduations 13. the collating board 1 being provided with lines 14;. The angular clamping members 9 also have sheet-- retaining springs 15 thereon.

In order that the sheet-clamps 9 may, be

simultaneously or separately moved into or out of clamping relation, I have provided a pair of brackets 16 which are.atta'ched to the rear face of the board 1, and revolubly support a rod 17. Sleeves 18' are mounted so Thus, the brackets may be .moved to or away from each other and the as to have rotation and longitudinal movement relative to the rod. The sleeves, however, are adapted to be clamped against relative rotative movement by thumb-screws 1 9, which extend into a longitudinal groove 20 in the rod and thus prevent the relative rotative movement, but-permit the longitudinal movement of the sleeves. Extendin from the sleeves'18 are rockarms 21 whic project through slots 22 in the board, which slots are parallel with the aforementioned the rock-arms 21 will move the sheet-clamps 9 to or away from the collating board These sheet-clamps will be held away from said board by the engagement of the rockarms 21 in notches 27, which are formed in the edges of the brackets or guides 65.

A pair of coil-springs 28 encircle the rod 17, and each is attached at one of its ends to the adjacent thumb-screw 19 and at its other end to a fastener 29 which is secured to the rod. The tendency of these springs is to pull the sheet-clan'ips toward the center of thecollating board or toward each other. and thus they will serve to retain the rock-arms 21 in the notches 27 when they are so engaged.

The springs 28 further operate to force F the sheet-clamps 9 into engagement with the sheets or collating board so as to clamp the sheets in their proper positions. 1

Intermediate the ends of the rod 17, a thumb-screw 30 is mounted. This thumbscrew extends completely through'the rod in threaded engagement therewith, and has a bill portion 31. which is adapted to be projected into an opening 32 in the board. A lock-nut 33 is located on this thumbscrew 30 to prevent the operation of the screw to such an extent that it will be disengaged trom the rod when it is moved in one direction and that the bill 31 will project beyond. the working surface of the board 1. A coil spring 34 is attached to. the tl1umb screw 30 at one of its ends and at its other end to a suitable fastener 35 adjacent to the upper edge of the board 1, The tendency of this spring is to rotate the rod 17.

Mounted on and extending downwardl from the brackets 6,. are fingers 36 Whic have feed-rollers 37 thereon.

\Vhen the thumb-screws 19 are adjusted inwardly so as to prevent the relative rotation of the sleeves'18 on the rod 17, the

sleeveswill be free to move inwardly under the action of the springs 28, but will rotate in unison upon the rotation of the rod 17,.

This rod is prevented from rotating by the engagement of the bill 31 of the thumbscrew in the opening 32 in the collating bQaLd 1, but it is permitted to rotate, under the influence of the spring 34, when said screw 30 is backed off sufficiently to disengage the bill 31 from the hole 32. \Vhen the adjustments above described are made, both of the sheetclamps 9 will be swung in unison toward the board by the spring 34c and they may be moved away'from the board in unison, as will be understood. hen the sheet-clamps are in their raised position and areheld in this position by the engagement of the rock-arms 21 in the notches 27, the clamps may again be permitted to swing toward the board by simply manually disengaging the rock-arms from the notches. 'VVhen, however, either one of the thumb-screws 19 is backed 05 to permit the sleeve in whichit is mounted to rotate, with relation to the rod 17, the above-described action will be confined to the other sleeve. Of course, by the adjustments described, it is possible to raise either or both of the sheet-clampto permit the insertion of the sheets beneath the same. When the screws 19 are adjusted so that the collars 18 are free to rotate on the shaft 17, this shaft 5 held stationary by the engagement of the Bill 31 in the hole 32 of the collating 'board. VVorksheets which are usually used in collating have column-lines thereon and the number of the alining lines are usually numbered. \Vhile it is not necessary to have the column-lines and the numbering on the work-sheets, it facilitates the use of my invention. y

In operation, the brackets 6' with the alin-I,

ing and sheet-clamping elements 9 thereon];

are adjusted to the proper distance apart for the particular sheets to be collated and are alined at right angles to the printing posi- ',-tion on the platen by the use of lines 14 on the board 1. The clamps 9 are then raised and remain raised by engagement of the roclearms 21 in the notches 27. The first worksheet is fed into the typewriter or into the adding'machine in the usual way, so that the forwardend is above the feed-rollers of the collating board, being guided on the board by the'fingcrs and rollers. The feedrollers of the typewriter are then released and the work-sheet is held in position on the platen and on the collating board by rollers 37. The work-sheet is then advanced or re tired by means of the feed-rollers 37. This feeding is brought about by tnrning the platen-knob of the typewriter or adding machine. The'tension of the fingers 36 is just sufiicient to keep the feed-rollers in proper position to perform their function and as raised from the board. When column-lines 1 about i of an inch from the side edges are on the work-sheet and the alining lines on the worksheet are numbered, the first sheet is alined at right angles to the printing position on the platen byshifting the worksheet so 'thata column-line thereon is parallel with the edge of one of the angular clamps 9 and the printing position on the work-sheetis moved so that it is in line with one of the numbered lines on the angular clamp 9. This first sheet is held in position by the feed-rollers 37 of the collating board and not by clamps 9; the clamps 9 are still raised from the board, and, bearing in mind that the feed-rollers of the typewriter or adding machine are still lowered from the platen, a second work-sheet with a sheet of carbon is inserted around the platen by hand so that the carbon-paper is in proper position between the work-sheets. The second work-sheet does not pass under the fingers 36 with the feed'rollers 37, but is alined and placed in proper position on the first sheet in the same manner as the first sheet is placed in position on the collating board and is held in position by hand, then one or both of the clamps 9 are lowered, clamping the second sheet in proper position on the first sheet. If a third sheet is used, itis assembled in the same manner on the second sheet with carbon-paper, the second sheet is then held in position by only one of the clam s 9 and the opposite clamp from the one hol ing a the second sheetis used to clamp the third sheet that has been placed in proper position on the second work-sheet. The fourth worksheet with the carbon-paper is inserted in the same way, the side edge is placed in -the angle of clamp 9, the work-sheet is ahned with the other sheets by one of the graduating lines on clamps 9 and is held in position b spring-clamps 15 on either of the aiming cl amps 9. Of course, other work-sheets can be alined in the same manner as the fourthwork-sheet. The feed-rollers of the typewriter or adding machine are then raised to clamp the work-sheets to the platen and the work-sheets are slipped out from under' the clamps 15 and the sheet-clamps 9 are raised to release the sheets from the collating board. The worksheets may now be turned down to the proper position on-the typei writer and the operator may proceed with the printing.

Variations may be resorted to within the scope of the invention, and portions of the III im rovements may be used without others. avmg thus described my inventlon, claim:

1. Ina machine of the class described;

the combination with a. rotatable platen and a traveling ca 1'riage,of a collating board associated therewith, said board havin deformable supporting standards,

where y the angle of inc'linationand the distance of the lower edge of the board from the platen may be varied.

2. In a machine of the class described. the combination with a rotatable laten and a traveling carriage, of a collating board, a sheet clamp and alin'ing member extending longitudinally of the board mounted to move. toward and away from the board and adapted to engage the edges of the sheets to aline the same, and to clamp the sheets against the face of the board, and

means tending to move the member toward the board.

3. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a rotatable platen and a traveling carriage, of a collatlng board, a sheet clamp and alining memberexteuding longitudinally of the board mounted to move toward and away from the board and adapted tel engage the edges of the sheets to aline the same and to clamp the sheets against the face of the board, and

the board, and means for preventing: such movement.

5'. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a rotatable platen and a traveling carriage, of a collatin board, a pair of sheet clamp and aiming members extend ng longitudinally of the board mo\'- able toward and away from the board and adapted to engage the edge of the sheets to aline the same and to clamp the sheets against the face of the board. and menus for moving said members simultaneously toward the board. y

6. In a machine of the class described. the combination wi h a rotatable platen and a-traveling carriage, of a collating board, pair of sheet clamp and alining members movable to uni away from the board, means for moving said members simultaneously toward the board, and means for moving said members independently toward the board. Y Y

7. In a machine of the class described. the combination with a rotatable platen and a traveling carriage, of a collating board, a pair of sheet clamp and alining members extending longitudinally of the board, movable towardaudaway from the board and adapted to engagic the edges of the sheets to aline the same andto clamp the sheets against the face of the board. and resilient means for moving said members sinmltaneously toward the board.

8. In a machine of the class described. the combination with a rotatable platen and a traveling carriage, of a collating board,

a pair of sheetclamp and alining members movable to and away from the board, means for moving said members simultaneously toward the board and resilient means for.

moving said members independently toward the board.

9. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a rotatable platen and a traveling carriage, ot'ya collating board, a pair of sheet clamp and alining members movable to and away from the board, means means adapted to rotate the sleeves on the rod, means for securing the sleeves to the rod. and means for rotating the rod.

ll. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a rotatable platen and a traveling carriage. of a collating board, sheet clamp and alining members mounted for monument to and away from the board. a rotatable rod. sleeves rotatably mounted on the rod. rock arms extending from the sleeves and -eonnccted with the members. means adapted to rotate the sleeves on the rod. menus for securing tlie slecves to the rod. means for rotating the rod. and means for prevenlin; the rotation of the rod.

iii. In a machine oi the classdcscribcrh the combination with a rotata le platen and a traveling carriage. of a collating board. sheet clamp and aliuiug members mounted for movement to and away from. the board, a r tatable rod. sleeves rotatably mounted on the rod, rock arms extending from the sleeves and connected with the members, re-

silient means adapted to rotate the sleeves to the rod, and means for rotating the rod.

13, In a machine of the class described,-

the combination with a rotatable platen and a trenreling; carriage, of a collating board, sheetclamp and alining members mounted for movement to and away from the board, a rotatable rod, sleeves rotatably mounted on'the rod, rock arms extending from the sleeves and connected with themembers, means adapted to rotate the sleeves on the rod, means for securing the sleeves to the rug, and resilientmeans for rotating the re 14. A collating device including a board, brackets mounted thereon, sheet clamping andalining members carried by the brackets extending longitudinally of the board movable toward and away from the board and adapted-to engage the edges of the sheets to aline the same and to clamp the sheets against the face of the board, and resilient means for moving said members toward the board.

. 15. A collating device including a board, brackets mounted thereon, sheet clamping and alining members carried by the brackets extending longitudinally of the board, movable toward and away from the board I and adapted to engage the edges of the sheets to aline the same and to clamp the sheets against the face of the board, and

' resilient means for simultaneously moving said members toward the board.

16. A collating device including a board, brackets mounted thereon, sheet clamping and alining members carried by the brackets and capable of moving to and away from the board, resilient means for moving said. members toward the board, and means for selectively moving said members toward the board. y

17. A collating device, includlng a board, brackets mounted on said board, clamping and alining members mounted on the brackets for movement to and away from the board, means formoving the members toward the board, and notches in the brackets engageable with the last mentioned means for preventing the movement of the members toward the board 18. A collating device, including a board, brackets mounted on said board, sheet clamping and alining members mounted. on the brackets for movement to and away from the board, means for moving said members toward the board, notches in the brackets engageable with. the'last-mentioned means for preventing the movement of the membcrsto'ward t-he board, and means normally tendinp to engage the aforementioned means in salt. notches.

19* collating device including; a heard,

brackets adjustable to and away from sheet sheet other, sheet clam ing and alining members carried by the rackets and capable of movement to and awayfrom the board, a rod rotatably mounted on the rear side of the board, sleeves rotatably and slidably mounted on. the rod, rock arms connected to the sleeves and to said members, and means tending to rotate the sleeves to cause said members to move toward the board, said means also tending to move the sleeves longitudinally on the rod, said brackets having notches therein in which the rock arms engage under the influence of the aforcmen tioncd means. i

20. A collating device including a board, clamping and alining members mounted thereon and movable to and away from the same, a rod mountedon the rear side of the board, rock arms extending from the rod and connected with said members, means tending to rotate the rod, and means for controlling said rotat ion.

21. In a machine of the class described,

the combination with the rotatable platen,

of a collating boa-rd associated therewith, brackets mounted onthe board, clampin and alining members sup orted by said brackets and movable tovvar and away froln said board, and feed rollers supported by' the brackets arranged to bear on the platen and adapted to hold Work-sheets in position onthe platen and the collating board when the platen feed rollers have been released.

22. In a typewriting machine, in combine tion, a platen, a collating-board, a plurality of shcet-clamping devices protruding over the sheet field on the board in both their rependently movable vertically down to and up from the board between the released and effective positions, and manually-controlled means for holding the clamps in the effective. position. I 1

24. In'a 'typewriting machine, in combination, a platen, a collating board, a plurality of sheet-clamping devices protrudin into the sheet field on the board, one 0 said clamping devices, when in clamping posi-' tion, being substantially parallel to the board, so as to be adapted to lie between an under sheet, held by it, and an upper sheet held another of said clamping devices, means for releasing said parallelly disposed clamp, and means for determining. sod position thereof in which it reill) of said clamping devices, means for releasing said parallelly disposed clamp, means for determining a released position thereof in which it remains protruded into the sheet field, substantially parallel to the board, and in which it may be maintained between the sheets thus collated,-means whereb said parallellydisposed clamp may be hel *in its aforesaid released position, and means for automatically throwing the same from such released position to its effective position when it is freed of such hold thereon.

26. In a typewri-ting machine, in combination, a platen, a collating board, a plurality of sheet-clamping devices protruding into the sheet field on the board, one ofsaid clamping devices, when in clamping position, being substantially parallel to the board, so as to be adapted to lie between an under sheet, held b it, and an upper sheet held by another 0. said clamping devices, means for releasing said parallelly disposed clamp, means for determining a released 0- sition thereof in which it remains protru ed into the sheet field, substantially parallel to the board, and in which it may be maintained between the sheets thus collated, means for automatically returning said parallelly disposed clamp from its aforesaid released position to its effective'position, and 45 means for locking the clamp against such automatic return.

27. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a laten, a. collating board, a plurality of s eet-elamping devices protrudin into the sheet field on'the board, one of said clamping devices, when in clampingposition, being substantially parallel to the board, so as to be adapted to lie be tween an under sheet, held by it. and an upper sheet held by another of said clamping devices, means for" releasing said parallclly disposed clamp, means for determining 'a released position thereof in which it re: mains protruded into the sheet field, substantially parallel to the board, and in which it may be maintained between the sheets thus collated, and means for simultaneously releasing both of the sheet-clamping dev ces.

28. In atypewriting machine, in combination, a platen, a collating board, and a plurality of superposed sheet-clamping devices adapted to be pressed together to hold a sheet therebetween, and means for moving the under of said clamps to and from the board to clamp and release a sheet between the same and the board.

29. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a platen, a collating board, a plural- 1ty of superposed sheet-clamping devices,

adapted to be pressed together to hold a sheet therebetween, and means for moving the under of 'id Camp's to and from the board toclamp and release a sheet between the same and the board, and means for simultaneously releasing both of said clamps. V

30. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a platen, a collating board, and a plurality of superposed sheet-clamping devices adapted to be pressed together to hold a sheet therebetween, and means for moving the under of said clamps to and from the board to clamp and release a sheet between the same and the board, and the upper of said clamps being movable with respect to the lower clamp when the latter is in efiective position; so that, after a sheet is clamped by the lower clamp, another sheet may be inserted, and clamped, between'the two clamps.

31. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a platen, a collating board, a lurality of superposedsheet-clamping evices a apted to be pressed together to hold a sheet thcrcbetween, the under of said clamps being movable to and from the board to clamp and release a sheet between the same and the board, and means for determinin a' released position of the lower clamp in which it remains over the Sheet field and is substantially parallel to the board so as to remain between the two sheets wlthout undue bending of the edge of the upper sheet when released.

32. In a typewriting'machine, in combination, a platen, a collating board, and a plurality of super-posed sheet-clamping devices adapted to be pressed together. to hold a sheet therebetwcen, and means for moving the under of said clamps to and from the.

board to clamp and release-a sheet between the same and the board, and said under clamp being movable to release the, lowersheet without releasing the sheetfheld'between the clamps'. v i

33. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a platen, a collating'board, and a plurality of superposedsheet-clamping devices ada ted to be pressed together to hold a sheet t erebetween, and means for moving the under of said clamps to and from the board to clamp and release a sheet between the same and the board, and said under clamp being movable to clamp the lower sheet without releasing the sheet held between the clamps.

. 34. In a t pewriting machine, a. clamp, an element wit sition thereagainst, a second. clamp abutting the other side of the first clamp for holding a second sheet between the two clamps, over the first sheet, and means for setting and releasing the first mentioned clamp. Y

35. In a typewriting machine, a clamp, an element with which one side of the clamp eowhich one side of-the clamp co-operates to hold a sheet in adjusted p0- operates To hold an undersheet in edjusted position thereagainst, a second clamp abut- 15 ting the other side of the first clamp for holding e-second or upper sheet between the;

twoclamps, over the first sheet, and means for setting and releasing the first clamp to release the under sheet without releasing the 20 upper sheet.

. JOHN-AWH ERitYQ Witnesses:

ST. CLAIR ADAMS, i J. N. SWING. 

